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View Poll Results: Should BIG NEWS threads have their own thread in the main forum for discussion?

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Yes - a site without major headlines looks sloppy.

466.67%

No - I like everything organised in the one thread.

00%

If there's a legitimate link - not just a rumour. Otherwise in the news/performance threads.

This is a good time to have this discussion. The player performance and news threads have been going for a while now and everyone has experience with posting/viewing them.

That said, I think big headlines should have threads separate from the Performance and News threads, at least for a time.

People should be able to post real news re the Knicks players etc, and we all should have our say until the these news topics reach exhaustion. At the point where the news topic dies (point being when people aren't really posting that much or when the story could be considered old news), they should be moved to the P & N threads.

I do think the bigger news topics can get lost in the P & N threads.

Hope everyone weighs in. This is our forum and we all should have a say.

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Originally Posted by ronoranina

This is a good time to have this discussion. The player performance and news threads have been going for a while now and everyone has experience with posting/viewing them.

That said, I think big headlines should have threads separate from the Performance and News threads, at least for a time.

People should be able to post real news re the Knicks players etc, and we all should have our say until the these news topics reach exhaustion. At the point where the news topic dies (point being when people aren't really posting that much or when the story could be considered old news), they should be moved to the P & N threads.

I do think the bigger news topics can get lost in the P & N threads.

Hope everyone weighs in. This is our forum and we all should have a say.

This is a good time to have this discussion. The player performance and news threads have been going for a while now and everyone has experience with posting/viewing them.

That said, I think big headlines should have threads separate from the Performance and News threads, at least for a time.

People should be able to post real news re the Knicks players etc, and we all should have our say until the these news topics reach exhaustion. At the point where the news topic dies (point being when people aren't really posting that much or when the story could be considered old news), they should be moved to the P & N threads.

I do think the bigger news topics can get lost in the P & N threads.

Hope everyone weighs in. This is our forum and we all should have a say.

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This is pretty much my thoughts and I was under the impression this was already how it goes, that after a few days of no replies threads just got merged?

Yeah, major news should have it's own thread for sure. I don't visit the player discussion threads too regularly so I would maybe miss out of there was a major headline stuck somewhere in 25 pages of Carmelo Anthony discussion.

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Originally Posted by smokes

This is pretty much my thoughts and I was under the impression this was already how it goes, that after a few days of no replies threads just got merged?

Yeah, major news should have it's own thread for sure. I don't visit the player discussion threads too regularly so I would maybe miss out of there was a major headline stuck somewhere in 25 pages of Carmelo Anthony discussion.

I apologize if I merge the threads too quickly, next time I know better.

I like a new thread if it's actual news (Melo suspension good example, Amare's hairstyle bad example). and as others have said, merging into that player's thread at a later date.

IMO the bigger problem we had historically was multiple threads about the exact same thing on the first page, or new threads for any wacky trade idea. Those can easily be merged with each other straight away.

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Originally Posted by smokes

I haven't really noticed it but then it's not something you'd notice!

Just have like a rule of thumb of some kind... 48 hours with no responses and a thread gets merged into an appropriate parent thread if one exists, if not it can just die a natural death.

Something like that, idk mods can work out the specifics.

We'll call it the smokes expiration limit

Nah, but that's a good suggestion. I didn't take into consideration the breaking news to top the forums for more traffic so I take blame on that, it would make more sense to let those threads rock out especially since the news is hot and fresh.

Originally Posted by Sage

I like a new thread if it's actual news (Melo suspension good example, Amare's hairstyle bad example). and as others have said, merging into that player's thread at a later date.

IMO the bigger problem we had historically was multiple threads about the exact same thing on the first page, or new threads for any wacky trade idea. Those can easily be merged with each other straight away.

This is a good time to have this discussion. The player performance and news threads have been going for a while now and everyone has experience with posting/viewing them.

That said, I think big headlines should have threads separate from the Performance and News threads, at least for a time.

People should be able to post real news re the Knicks players etc, and we all should have our say until the these news topics reach exhaustion. At the point where the news topic dies (point being when people aren't really posting that much or when the story could be considered old news), they should be moved to the P & N threads.

I do think the bigger news topics can get lost in the P & N threads.

Hope everyone weighs in. This is our forum and we all should have a say.